Fire crews tackled a large blaze within reed beds at a Winchester nature reserve on Gordon Road on bank holiday Monday
Crews from Winchester, St Mary’s, Eastleigh and Alresford were on the scene shortly before 5pm after the HIWFRS Control Room had received multiple reports of a large smoke plume. The fire, affecting an area of 150m-by-100m, was being driven by the wind before it was contained by firefighters using jets and beaters. Fire engines left […]
Police are appealing for witnesses following a number of reports of an unauthorised pony and trap ride-out
Police are appealing for witnesses, or anyone with mobile phone footage, following a number of reports of an unauthorised pony and trap ride-out in Hedge End on Sunday (30 April). Approximately 60 people had gathered in the local area to witness or participate in the ride-out. Officers from Hedge End’s local Neighbourhood Policing Team were […]
Officers conducted a drugs warrant this morning at an address in Arminers Close, Gosport
Drugs supply is a scourge on the community, and we are relentlessly pursuing criminals so that their lives, not those of local people, are made a misery. Tackling drugs supply is a big piece of work – from the initial intelligence gathering stages to the arrests and seizure of drugs. And later down the line, […]
Müller is recalling the below products and has issued notices to their customers
These notices explain to customers why the products are being recalled and tell them what to do if they have bought the products. Please see the attached notices. If you have bought any of the above products do not eat them. Instead, return them to the store from where they were bought for a full […]
Police are appealing for witnesses after a 19-year-old man sadly died when the vehicle he was travelling in crashed into a tree in Nechells
Officers were called to Nechells Parkway shortly after 5.15pm yesterday (May 1). We were supported by colleagues from fire and the ambulance service. Despite the best efforts of paramedics, the man, who was a passenger in the white Audi SQ5 vehicle, was sadly declared dead at the scene. The driver of the vehicle and another […]
15-year-old boy and 11 year old girl injured in a shooting, Wolverhampton
West Midlands Police have said “We’re investigating after emergency services were called to #Bushbury in #Wolverhampton just after 3pm yesterday afternoon (Monday) where shots were fired in Shelley Road. Ambulance colleagues attended to a 15-year-old boy who has a gunshot to his leg. An 11-year-old girl was in parkland off Shelley Road and also has […]
A policing operation remains ongoing tin response to an ongoing protest outside a business premises in Meridian Park, Blaby.
Yesterday around 200-250 people came to protest at the business with around 40 people remaining in the designated protest site this morning. A separate group of people were encamped in the wooded area, with some of the protesters at height in the trees or in a fortified area. The force has continued its proportionate approach […]
A motorist has been jailed after he admitted to causing a fatal road traffic collision near that also left two other people with serious injuries
Shane Bovey, aged 41 and of Yeovil, appeared at Bournemouth Crown Court to be sentenced on Tuesday 2 May 2023 after admitting causing death by dangerous driving. He also admitted two offences of causing serious injury by dangerous driving and aggravated taking a vehicle without the owner’s consent. Bovey was sentenced to 14 years in […]
A motorist has been jailed after he admitted to causing a fatal road traffic collision near that also left two other people with serious …
Shane Bovey, aged 41 and of Yeovil, appeared at Bournemouth Crown Court to be sentenced on Tuesday 2 May 2023 after admitting causing death by dangerous driving. He also admitted two offences of causing serious injury by dangerous driving and aggravated taking a vehicle without the owner’s consent. Bovey was sentenced to 14 years in […]
Police are questioning a suspect in connection with a string of 18 shop thefts as efforts continue to crack down on those seeking to profit from retail crime
Officers arrested a 39-year-old man in the Clifton area on Tuesday (2 May 2023) after extensive work by neighbourhood officers to investigate raids on businesses mainly in Clifton and The Meadows between 11 March and 23 April. He is also being questioned in connection with reported thefts from motor vehicle offences in the Clifton area, […]